I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __36____ and what color red is. It would be ___37____ to see again, but a(n) __38____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would __39___ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had _40_____.
My parents and my teachers saw something in me ----- a __41____ to live ---- which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with _42____.
The __43___ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of __44____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I __45___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being __46____, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. __47____ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was __48____. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words __49___ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _50_____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _51____ before playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I _52___ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _53____. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was __54___ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, __55___ on the average I made progress.
小題1:
A．skyB．cloud C．sunshineD．mist
小題2:
A．helpfulB．wonderfulC．hopefulD．successful
小題3:
A．disasterB．environmentC．incidentD．wonder
小題4:
A．manage B．tryC．want D．prefer
小題5:
A．lost B．leftC．used D．cared
小題6:
A．purposeB．potential C．pressure D．preparation
小題7:
A．energyB．happinessC．luckD．blindness
小題8:
A．hardestB．dullest C．simplestD．easiest
小題9:
A．self-respectB．self-controlC．self-confidenceD．self-defence
小題10:
A．think B．consider C．guessD．mean
小題11:
A．imperfectB．perfectC．unfairD．fair
小題12:
A．Later B．Soon C．OnceD．Then
小題13:
A．worriedB．encouraged C．shocked D．hurt
小題14:
A．stuck B．impressed C．occupied D．held
小題15:
A．see B．hear C．notice D．observe
小題16:
A．importantB．unimportant C．possible D．impossible
小題17:
A．inventedB．discovered C．instructed D．directed
小題18:
A．experienceB．a(chǎn)dvantagesC．knowledgeD．limitation
小題19:
A．hardlyB．wildlyC．highlyD．deeply
小題20:
A．so B．for C．but D．a(chǎn)nd

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:D
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:B
小題16:D
小題17:A
小題18:D
小題19:B
小題20:C
本文講述一位盲人因一次意外事故失明后如何克服困難，重新定位自己，取得人生價值的故事
小題1:詞語搭配，根據(jù)brightness可知，此處講的是陽光的明媚，明亮
小題2:句意理解，如果能再次看到將會是非常棒的。
小題3:上下文，此處指的就是上文提到的失去眼睛的一次事故，對他來說就是一場災(zāi)難。
小題4:句意理解，但是一場災(zāi)難會對人造成奇怪的影響，我并不是說我更喜歡看不見東西，我只是說，失去了雙眼讓我更加懂得欣賞/感激我所剩下的。
小題5:同上
小題6:句意理解，我的老師和父母都看到我生存下來的可能性，purpose目的 pressure壓力preparation準備，
小題7:上下文，根據(jù)上文可知，作者失去了雙眼，因此他是瞎的，
小題8:句意理解，我要學(xué)習(xí)的第一課就是要相信自己，我并不是僅僅說那種自信。
小題9:上下文，根據(jù)上文的believe in myself可知，此處講的是自信，
小題10:句意理解，我說的不僅僅是從不熟悉的樓梯上下樓的那種自信，我意思是比那個更大一些的東西
小題11:上下文，根據(jù)上文可知，作者是一個盲人，一次是一個不完美的人
小題12:句意理解，此處是作者在講一件事情，一次一個人給 了我一個室內(nèi)棒球。
小題13:上下文，根據(jù)上一句的I thought he was laughing at me可知，作者認為那人在嘲笑他，因此他很受傷
小題14:詞組，stick in 一位插入，此處一位他的話深深地印在了我的心中。
小題15:上下文，因為作者是一個盲人，因此他判斷球在哪里只能靠聽
小題16:句意理解，這給了我一種想法，我可以實現(xiàn)我以前認為不可能的一些目標
小題17:上下文，根據(jù)后文的a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball可知，這是一種全新的，他們自己命名的，因此是他發(fā)明的、。
小題18:句意理解，我要清楚我的局限性，指的是作者眼睛看不見
小題19:句意理解，我明白了，對于那些從開始就得不到的東西，哭是沒有用的，wildly意為非常
小題20:句意理解，不管怎樣，我會在某件事情上失敗的，但是總的來說，我還是進步了
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Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job or life. They may all make a  55   .
小題1:
A．regularly B．suddenly C．naturally D．a(chǎn)ctually
小題2:
A．cutB．burnedC．removedD．selected
小題3:
A．carried B．pouredC．changedD．blocked
小題4:
A．beyondB．withC．inD．a(chǎn)fter
小題5:
A．officeB．a(chǎn)ssociation C．department D．committee
小題6:
A．eyeB．careC．handD．mind
小題7:
A．list B．form C．figureD．a(chǎn)ccount
小題8:
A．promise B．continue C．stopD．tend
小題9:
A．visits B．hires C．tells D．sees
小題10:
A．powerful B．important C．necessary D．suitable
小題11:
A．find B．fire C．supportD．forgot
小題12:
A．lose B．miss C．fall D．grow
小題13:
A．pulling B．speeding C．slowing D．pushing
小題14:
A．fish B．color C．flower D．leaf
小題15:
A．deeperB．cooler C．warmer D．darker
小題16:
A．sound B．smell C．waveD．taste
小題17:
A．managersB．passengers C．villagers D．tourists
小題18:
A．embarrassedB．a(chǎn)nnoyedC．discouraged D．diappointed
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)rrangementB．a(chǎn)ssignmentC．judgement D．a(chǎn)musement
小題20:
A．suggestionB．differenceC．progress D．decision

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask him the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.
In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”
Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It is a quarter to nine.”
小題1:Where did the driver sleep?
A．At the window.B．In the street road.
C．In his carD．In his room.
小題2:How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?
A．40 minutes.B．25 minutes.C．50 minutes.D．70 minutes.
小題3:Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
A．Because he didn’t know the time.
B．Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him.
C．Because he needed somebody to wake him up.
D．Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time.
小題4:The third person knocked at the window to ______.
A．a(chǎn)sk him the time
B．a(chǎn)sk him not to sleep
C．see if the driver was sleeping
D．tell him what time it was

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